Friday, February 8, 2013

Red Velvet Cake Pops & Truffles

Without realizing, Valentine's Day is only a week away and I haven't posted my favorite Valentine Treat. I probably don't have to mention that it involves chocolate. And Red Velvet. Now here's the question...what does red velvet taste like. To me, if I close my eyes it just takes like chocolate. If my eyes are open, it taste like red velvet because it's red. Can anyone tell the difference between chocolate and red velvet if your eyes are closed? Please don't close your eyes until you see my cake pops.

Red Velvet Cake Pops

Decorated with a rose!

Using your favorite Red Velvet cake, make and bake the cake, crumble into fine pieces.

Make a rose out of red fondant by cutting strips and wrapping in a circle, (scrunch the fondant as you go to make it ruffle)

Cut the piece off the bottom.

Make green leaves out of fondant with a plunger cutter.

Add a dot of frosting to stick the leaves on.

Add a little more frosting to hold the rose.

Now you're done~

YUM! Tastes great with or without my eyes closed.

This is the story of Red Velvet Truffles.

Once upon a time I had a little red box. Not just any red box, this red box had little compartments to hold little treats. The treats needed to be small to fit in the box, so I decided they needed to be rich. That's where the truffles come in. Truffles are so rich that most people can only eat one at a time. Notice I said most people. I'm pretty sure I could win a truffle eating contest. Anyway, making my favorite recipe for truffles, I added Red Velvet Emulsion to the chocolate. After letting it set, I scooped it out into little balls and rolled in cocoa powder. Placed the cocoa coated truffles in teeny tiny paper cups and into the box. They fit perfectly! Only they needed something. A red heart.

In progress...

RED VELVET TRUFFLES

1/2 Cup Heavy Cream

12 oz. Semi-Sweet Chocolate (Cut into small pieces)

6 Tlbs. Unsalted Butter (Cut into small pieces)

2 Tsp. Red Velvet Emulsion

Cocoa Powder

Bring the cream to a simmer. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate, butter and emulsion until completely melted.

Pour the chocolate mixture into a shallow bowl.

Cool, cover and refrigerate until firm.

Line jelly roll pan with waxed paper and scoop across the surface of the truffle mixture to form a 1" ball. Repeat with the remaining truffle mixture.

Roll in Cocoa Powder

This is the same recipe I used to dip the cake pops - and you can find the little red box HERE!

Sweets For Your Sweet!

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Love your blog and all you share with us. I would like to suggest youtry your hand at doing a video. I'd love to see you do one on the flower you added to today's Red Velvet Cake Pop.You know they a picture is worth a thousand words :-)

Very cute! I would love for you to share this or any of your great ideas at the link party going on now (and every Saturday through Tuesday) at 'Or so she says ...' Hope to see you there! www.oneshetwoshe.com

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Hi! I'm Kim, the girl behind the pink hair...

Welcome to my party blog where I showcase the parties I've hosted and how to recreate them from start to finish. I also love making cute edible sweets, where I turn anything plain into a party. I hope you enjoy my blog and party along with me each week.Thank you for stopping by!